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Today, WOWee ONE and MicroVision are announcing a collaboration which will join two revolutionary mobile technologies to create a truly immersive mobile content experience. By combining WOWee ONE's Gel-Audio® technology with PicoP® display technology from MicroVision, the companies are combining cutting-edge sight and sound into a mobile package.

We are big fans of the MicroVision ShowWX+ laser pico projector. It produces vivid, colorful images that are always in focus, thanks to the PicoP® technology. Now, MicroVision and WOWee are teaming up to unlock a superior user experience. The ShowWX+ is now being bundled with the WOWee ONE portable speaker. The WOWee ONE provides up to 20 hours of listening enjoyment, thanks to its rechargeable internal battery. The 2-watt speaker produces extended low frequency sounds as well, to ensure nice, clean bass. Together, the ShowWX+ and WOWee ONE can give you a superior mobile theater experience. Read below for the full Press Release:

Microsoft Research is at it again. This time, they have created OmniTouch, a wearable multi-touch projection system in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University. Echoing some of the features demonstrated in Pranav Mistry's SixthSense project, the OmniTouch leverages the capabilities of a laser-based projector (ShowWX+™ from MicroVision) along with a depth-sensing camera from PrimeSense. Here is a look at the prototype created for the research:

People are finding all sorts of unique ways to use pico projectors. A trend we have been monitoring is known as projection mapping. Basically, real-life objects are augmented by projected images that are overlaid. In some cases. We thought we share a few of these with you.

In a recent post, MicroVision unveiled an interesting concept for projection-enabled surgery. Specifically, researchers at the ARTORG Center of Computer Aided Surgery at the University of Bern in Switzerland are creating a visual display application that can help guide surgeons when performing operations. From the MicroVision blog post:

Today, the USPTO published application 20110197147 assigned to Apple, titled "Projected Display Shared Workspaces". Described within are a number of concepts utilizing pico projectors to enable multi-user interactive projected displays. You can access this patent application using the button to the right.

Today, Intel signed an agreement with MicroVision to expand distribution of the ShowWX+™ laser pico projector. While this isn't the first time these two have joined forces, this agreement is clear evidence that Intel remains interested in pico projection. In Intel's own words:

Display your images to the world in a unique, dramatic, and interactive way. View your whole collection of photos all in one simple to use app. Use it as an inventive sales or education tool, product image display, or amazing slideshow.

Check out how amazing our product images look in an ImageAmmo wrapper: